[http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/ascla/asclapubs/interface/archives/contentlistingbykey/cooperativecollectiondevelopment/cooperativecollectiondev.cfm Cooperative Collection Development] ''Interface'': Volume 26 Number 3, Fall, 2004. Interface is the newsletter published by the ASCLA division of the ALA. This page lists all the articles that deal with the topic of cooperative collection development.

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[http://www.ala.org/ala//mgrps/divs/ascla/asclapubs/interface/archives/contentlistingbykey/cooperativecollectiondevelopment/cooperativecollectiondev.cfm Cooperative Collection Development] ''Interface'': Volume 26 Number 3, Fall, 2004. Interface is the newsletter published by the ASCLA division of the ALA. This page lists all the articles that deal with the topic of cooperative collection development.

There are no longer ALA standards in this area; rather, benchmark your collection against current national school library surveys such as:

There are no longer ALA standards in this area; rather, benchmark your collection against current national school library surveys such as:

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* Biannual survey which appears in the magazine, ''School Library Journal''; the newest installment of the survey appears in the April 2009 issue, titled [http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6648082.html "School Library Journal's Spending Survey,"] by Lesley Farmer and Marilyn Shontz. For books per student, view [http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/articles/images/SLJ/20090401/Table_04.jpg Table 4]. The survey indicates an average 27 books per pupil for elementary schools, 19 books per pupil for middle/junior high schools, and 16 books per pupil for (senior) high schools.

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* Annual (previously biennial) survey which appears in the magazine, ''School Library Journal''; the last installment of the survey with a number of books per student is in the April 2009 issue, titled [http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6648082.html "School Library Journal's Spending Survey,"] by Lesley Farmer and Marilyn Shontz. For books per student, view [http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/articles/images/SLJ/20090401/Table_04.jpg Table 4]. The survey indicates an average 27 books per pupil for elementary schools, 19 books per pupil for middle/junior high schools, and 16 books per pupil for (senior) high schools.

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The 2011 edition of the survey in the March 2011 issue, as [http://www.libraryjournal.com/slj/home/889109-312/sljs_spending_survey_as_the.html.csp SLJ's Spending Survey] by Lesley Farmer, '''does not present a similar benchmark of a number of books per student'''. Instead, [http://www.libraryjournal.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.common.streams.StreamServer.cls?STREAMOID=PrmMAs3O53V$onn5r7I2uM$daE2N3K4ZzOUsqbU5sYvh6$NQZG2Y1KlWHhfwVPMWuMMRKJHEwWgIDccJP5GSEBf8tVHdAU_WxF9mTUvqgpFElnEwV8pDfFvcuOy5SapEQrHxFkO6byLq8PKGhJjFXC3D8nA8AMoyZzgs_$1NfoE-&CONTENTTYPE=image/jpeg Table 2: Student Enrollment, Median Library Books, Acquisitions, and Budgets 2009-2010] reports the median for books added in that time period. The survey indicates a median of 400 books added for Elementary school, K-8; 414 books for Middle school; and 421 books for High school, K-12.

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The 2012 edition of the survey in the March 2012 issue, titled, [http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/newsletters/newsletterbucketextrahelping2/893538-477/brace_yourself_sljs_school_library.html.csp Brace Yourself: SLJ's school library spending survey shows the hard times aren't over, and better advocacy is needed], by Lesley Farmer, indicates '''not a median but a net number of books added to collections''', in the chart [http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.common.streams.StreamServer.cls?STREAMOID=tq_KMWFRhv0MLvDrAyL7Cs$daE2N3K4ZzOUsqbU5sYv24PH_Bs_QnGC9v_OEWxmnWCsjLu883Ygn4B49Lvm9bPe2QeMKQdVeZmXF$9l$4uCZ8QDXhaHEp3rvzXRJFdy0KqPHLoMevcTLo3h8xh70Y6N_U_CryOsw6FTOdKL_jpQ-&CONTENTTYPE=image/jpeg The State of Book Collections], and stated: "Historically, the size of a school library’s book collection has correlated positively with grade level and student enrollment. Elementary school LMCs have roughly 12,000 books on their shelves, middle schools offer around 13,000 titles, and high schools weigh in with 13,636 titles. Public school libraries edged out private, with an average of 12,500 volumes to 11,000, respectively. On the whole, book collections grew slightly, with a net increase of 200 titles each."

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* [http://www.ala.org/aasl/researchandstatistics/slcsurvey/slcsurvey School Libraries Count!] is the National Longitudinal Survey of School Library Programs by ALA's American Association of School Librarians (AASL, a division of ALA). The latest edition, [http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/researchandstatistics/slcsurvey/2012/AASL-SLC-2012-WEB.pdf School Libraries Count! 2012 (PDF)], does include Collection Size numbers on pages 8 and 9 of the 16-page report.

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Cooperative Collection DevelopmentInterface: Volume 26 Number 3, Fall, 2004. Interface is the newsletter published by the ASCLA division of the ALA. This page lists all the articles that deal with the topic of cooperative collection development.

Books Per Student

There are no longer ALA standards in this area; rather, benchmark your collection against current national school library surveys such as:

Annual (previously biennial) survey which appears in the magazine, School Library Journal; the last installment of the survey with a number of books per student is in the April 2009 issue, titled "School Library Journal's Spending Survey," by Lesley Farmer and Marilyn Shontz. For books per student, view Table 4. The survey indicates an average 27 books per pupil for elementary schools, 19 books per pupil for middle/junior high schools, and 16 books per pupil for (senior) high schools.

The 2012 edition of the survey in the March 2012 issue, titled, Brace Yourself: SLJ's school library spending survey shows the hard times aren't over, and better advocacy is needed, by Lesley Farmer, indicates not a median but a net number of books added to collections, in the chart The State of Book Collections, and stated: "Historically, the size of a school library’s book collection has correlated positively with grade level and student enrollment. Elementary school LMCs have roughly 12,000 books on their shelves, middle schools offer around 13,000 titles, and high schools weigh in with 13,636 titles. Public school libraries edged out private, with an average of 12,500 volumes to 11,000, respectively. On the whole, book collections grew slightly, with a net increase of 200 titles each."

School Libraries Count! is the National Longitudinal Survey of School Library Programs by ALA's American Association of School Librarians (AASL, a division of ALA). The latest edition, School Libraries Count! 2012 (PDF), does include Collection Size numbers on pages 8 and 9 of the 16-page report.